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THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO<br/>
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CHAPTER 2
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Christ gives eternal glory to the elect—Shun contention and seek godliness.
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Thou</span> therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
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And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/2a" mark="a" type="C" title="D&C 38: 23; TG Teaching.">teach</a> others also.
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Thou therefore endure <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/3a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR afflictions, vexations.">hardness</a>, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of <i>this</i> life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
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And if a man also <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/5a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR compete in a contest.">strive</a> for <sup>b</sup><a href="2_tim/2/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Cor. 9: 25.">masteries</a>, <i>yet</i> is he not <sup>c</sup><a href="2_tim/2/5c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Reward.">crowned</a>, except he strive lawfully.
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The husbandman that laboureth must be first <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Cor. 9: 10.">partaker</a> of the fruits.
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Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
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Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Resurrection.">raised</a> from the dead according to my <sup>b</sup><a href="2_tim/2/8b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Gospel.">gospel</a>:
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Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, <i>even</i> unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
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Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
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<i>It is</i> a faithful saying: For if we be <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rom. 6: 5 (5, 8).">dead</a> with <i>him,</i> we shall also live with <i>him:</i>
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If we <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/12a" mark="a" type="R" title="GR endure, remain constant; TG Persecution; TG Suffering.">suffer</a>, we shall also <sup>b</sup><a href="2_tim/2/12b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Millennium, Preparing a People for.">reign</a> with <i>him:</i> if we <sup>c</sup><a href="2_tim/2/12c" mark="c" type="A" title="Matt. 10: 33 (32-33); Rom. 1: 16 (15-18); 2 Ne. 31: 14 (12-21); D&C 101: 5 (1-5).">deny</a> <i>him,</i> he also will deny us:
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If we <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/13a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR are unfaithful.">believe</a> not, <i>yet</i> he abideth faithful: he cannot <sup>b</sup><a href="2_tim/2/13b" mark="b" type="C" title="D&C 39: 16; TG God, Perfection of.">deny</a> himself.
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Of these things put <i>them</i> in remembrance, charging <i>them</i> before the Lord that they <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/14a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR dispute not about words, or trivialities.">strive</a> not about words to no profit, <i>but</i> to the subverting of the hearers.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Scriptures, Study.">Study</a> to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, <sup>b</sup><a href="2_tim/2/15b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR setting forth without perversion, distortion.">rightly</a> dividing the word of truth.
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But shun profane <i>and</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/16a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR vain disputation.">vain</a> babblings: for they will increase unto more <sup>b</sup><a href="2_tim/2/16b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Godliness.">ungodliness</a>.
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And their <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/17a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR teaching will spread like gangrene.">word</a> will eat as doth a canker: of whom is <sup>b</sup><a href="2_tim/2/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Tim. 1: 20.">Hymenaeus</a> and Philetus;
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Who concerning the truth have <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of the Early Christian Church.">erred</a>, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
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Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his.  And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
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But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/20a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR clay, earthenware.">earth</a>; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
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If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Body, Sanctity of.">vessel</a> unto honour, <sup>b</sup><a href="2_tim/2/21b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 52: 11.">sanctified</a>, and <sup>c</sup><a href="2_tim/2/21c" mark="c" type="P" title="GR useful, profitable.">meet</a> for the master’s use, <i>and</i> prepared unto every good work.
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Flee also youthful <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/22a" mark="a" type="R" title="GR impure, violent desires; TG Chastity; TG Lust.">lusts</a>: but follow <sup>b</sup><a href="2_tim/2/22b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Magnifying Callings within.">righteousness</a>, faith, charity, <sup>c</sup><a href="2_tim/2/22c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Peace.">peace</a>, with them that call on the Lord out of a <sup>d</sup><a href="2_tim/2/22d" mark="d" type="A" title="1 Tim. 1: 5.">pure</a> heart.
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But <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Titus 3: 9.">foolish</a> and unlearned <sup>b</sup><a href="2_tim/2/23b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 19: 31 (29-31).">questions</a> avoid, knowing that they do gender <sup>c</sup><a href="2_tim/2/23c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Strife.">strifes</a>.
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And the servant of the Lord must not <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="3 Ne. 11: 29 (29-30); D&C 18: 20; D&C 136: 23.">strive</a>; but be gentle unto all <i>men,</i> apt to <sup>b</sup><a href="2_tim/2/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Tim. 3: 2.">teach</a>, patient,
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In <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Meekness.">meekness</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="2_tim/2/25b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 20: 53.">instructing</a> those that oppose themselves; if God <sup>c</sup><a href="2_tim/2/25c" mark="c" type="P" title="GR perchance.">peradventure</a> will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
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And <i>that</i> they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken <sup>a</sup><a href="2_tim/2/26a" mark="a" type="C" title="Moses 7: 26; TG Bondage, Spiritual.">captive</a> by him at his will.
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